Program in correct switches

[blueb]

Instead of always reminding the user to apply a certain compiler switch:

CompilerIf #PB_Compiler_Thread = 0
MessageRequester("Warning","Without Threadsafe... this won't work!")
CompilerEndIf


If the program needs a switch to run properly, why can't the programmer just write:

#PB_Compiler_Thread = 1
or...
SetSwitch(#PB_Compiler_Thread, 1)

[GPI]

That will not solve your problem, but maybe this would be a better solution.

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CompilerIf #PB_Compiler_Thread=0
  (0/1) "please activate ThreadSave in the Compiler Options"
CompilerEndIf

When the flag is not activated, the compiler stops in the line with a Syntax error, otherwise it compile correctly.

Maybe the Problem is,that when the "Switch" is not at the begin of you SoureCode, it must stop compiling and start from the beginning. Also maybe a Problem, when you activate and deactivate the switch at diffrent position in your source code.

[kenmo]

There is CompilerError for that purpose:

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CompilerIf (Not #PB_Compiler_Unicode)
  CompilerError "Please compile in Unicode mode"
CompilerEndIf

blueb, this would be a tricky change, I think, because compile switches like /Unicode are currently passed to the pbcompiler commandline, so it "knows" all the switches before it even starts loading/parsing through your code.

[blueb]

Thanks kenmo.

It was only a small request... nothing important.

You're right, the compiler needs to know 'in advance' to reading and executing the code.

Basically, I was thinking that when a person places some code on the forum for other users...

If the compiler was not in the desired mode, it could be done in the code itself, rather than
forcing the user to activate the switches manually.